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Cold-blooded baby bird killers.
science

Ducks Seen Murdering, Snacking on Fledglings

It's the first time mallards have been documented as killers.
Kelsey Kennedy June 30, 2017
A male palm cockatoo.
science

Cockatoos, Somehow, Are Able to Drum a Consistent Beat

Only humans are as good at keeping rhythm in the animal kingdom.
Kelsey Kennedy June 29, 2017
science

Why a River in France Turned Very, Very Red

It's so scientists can study karst.
Erik Shilling June 27, 2017
A composite image of auroras on Uranus, using images from Voyager 2 and the Hubble Space Telescope.
science

Uranus's Strange Magnetic Field Cartwheels Around All Willy-Nilly

Scientists call it a "geometric nightmare."
Kelsey Kennedy June 26, 2017
The site is located at an elevation of over 3300 feet.
North Macedonia

Kokino Observatory

This 3,800-year-old site contains markers used to study the movement of the sun and moon and create a lunar calendar.
Common Murre eggs collected in the 18th century.
science

Birds' Egg Shapes Might Be Determined By How Well They Fly

Streamlined bodies mean streamlined eggs.
Kelsey Kennedy June 23, 2017
The mass grave found at Lützen.
cemeteries

How to Make Sense of a Mass Grave

A fascinating case study from the Thirty Years' War.
Sarah Laskow June 23, 2017
Pōhutukawa blossoms are a common sight in December in New Zealand.
science

This Iconic New Zealand Tree Is Probably From Australia

But pōhutukawa disappeared from the continent a long time ago.
Kelsey Kennedy June 22, 2017
Vladimir Durov in costume, circa 1915.
science

How a Soviet Circus Clown Tried to Prove That Dogs Can Be Psychic

In the 1920s, USSR scientists investigated “biological radio communications,” more popularly known as telepathy.
Sarah Laskow June 22, 2017
A singing Hermit Thrush (<em>Catharus guttatus</em>).
science

How Animals Develop Regional Accents

Whales, bats, and birds have local dialects.
Claudia Geib June 20, 2017
Are two heads better than one?
science

A Worm Went to Space and Came Back With Two Heads

Nothing to see here.
Erik Shilling June 15, 2017
Dinner for an <em>Aedes aegypti</em> mosquito.
science

A Fungus Is the Newest Weapon in the War on Mosquitoes

It's armed with spider and scorpion neurotoxins—but it only affects bloodsuckers.
Kelsey Kennedy June 14, 2017
This is just a portion of the unbelievable simulation.
science

A Supercomputer Has Created the Largest Virtual Universe Ever Made

Looking for dark matter takes some mind-blowing computing power.
Eric Grundhauser June 13, 2017
Glass eels are one stage in the European eel's life cycle.
science

Tiny Glass Eels Navigate the Atlantic With Magnetic Compasses

How else would they get from the Sargasso Sea to Europe?
Kelsey Kennedy June 13, 2017
A Japanese badger on Mount Ibuki, Japan.
science

A Japanese Badger Cull Went Out of Control

The species is now at risk of extinction.
Kelsey Kennedy June 12, 2017
Real or fake?
science

How to Catch a (Whiskey) Counterfeiter

Use science to make it glow.
Kelsey Kennedy June 9, 2017
Narrowleaf cottonwoods in Colorado.
science

For Trees to Migrate With Climate, They Need Help From Microbes

How we might help ecosystems adapt to the world we've created.
Kelsey Kennedy June 8, 2017
Bumblebees pollinating flowers during the study.
science

Tracking Bumblebees Based on Their Buzzes

The technique could be a boon for famers who rely on the services of pollinators.
Kelsey Kennedy June 8, 2017